Activity for User 780 - Richard Siersma - richard.j.siersma@gmail.com

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5 Jun 25 Reply Hi Natalia,
I find this shot particularly appealing. The presence of just a handful of cars keeps the scene clean and uncluttered, allowing the focus to remain on the composition. One thing I'd love to see is how this location looks at a different time of day-perhaps earlier or later-when the sunlight hits from a 90-degree angle to the building at the end of the street. The cross lighting could really enhance the features and bring out the texture of the architecture in a striking way.
The program that I used to eliminate the wires is called Luminar Neo. There were a few remnants of the wires that were easily removed using PS's remove tool.
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5 Jun 25 Reply Thanks Sophia, your edit eliminates the distracting folige and highlights "The Family" story. I appreciate your work. Jun 10th
5 Jun 25 Reply Natanlia, I used the Nikkor Z 180-600mm with a 1.4 tele extender. The exposure was 1/2000 @ f/9 ISO 1100 hand-held. Jun 10th
5 Jun 25 Comment Natalia, stunning architecture. Saint Petersburg must be wonderful with all the century-old buildings; I look forward to seeing more of your country through your lens. I thought the cars were too distracting, so I cropped in from the bottom. I also removed the power lines. Next, I increased contrast and saturation. Jun 5th
5 Jun 25 Comment The sparrow is sharp from beak to tailfeathers. Great post-processing. The only suggestion would be to add a catchlight to the sparrow's eye. Jun 4th
5 Jun 25 Reply Thanks Mark, that's a great suggestion. Jun 4th
5 Jun 25 Comment Sophia, what an absolutely stunning and captivating image! The converging lines of the escalator leading to the sky are mesmerizing. I opened it in Luminar Neo and applied the Landscape Long-exposure preset, which brightened the image and enhanced the saturation. Then, I used the edit tools to add a subtle touch of glow. Jun 2nd
5 Jun 25 Comment Pete, since passengers can no longer feed the birds, you might say this is a historical photograph. I like how you have cleaned up the image by removing and rearranging the B1RDs. I used Topaz Photo AI to denoise the image. Jun 1st
5 Jun 25 Comment Keisha, this really caught my eye. It's a wonderful time that we are living in now; I bet the creator of "Dick Tracy" never thought we would be making phone calls with our cameras.
The shadow of the host in the BG complements the dancer perfectly!
I slightly rotated the image to level the stage, cropped it for a tighter frame, and isolated the dancer along with the host's shadow to subtly darken the background. Finally, I enhanced it by burning in the highlights.		 Jun 1st
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